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JOSEPH S. SOUREK, OF GI-IENT, OHIO.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,828, dated December2, 1902. Application led March 1, 1902. Serial No. 96,260. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known'that I, JOSEPH S.V SoUREK, a

i citizen ofthe United States, residing at Ghent,

` the belt without materially puncturing it, to

shield the points or tongues of thebuckle, so as not to catch or engageany object, and to simplify the manner of releasing the buckle from thestrap.

To the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects my invention consists inthe peculiar and novel construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts hereinafter described, and then specically pointed out in theclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specication.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numeralsindicate like parts in the different figures, Figure l is a long buckleembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a section of the same at the line n: x;Fig. 3, an end view of the same looking from the right of Fig. l; Fig.4, a double buckle involving my improvement; Fig. 5, a section of abuckle substantially similar to Fig. l, but showing a supplemental shortstrap of fabric to assist in opening the buckle when the main strap istightly drawn.

For convenience of description the movable part thatengages the strapwill be termed the tongue and the other portion in which it is pivotedthe rim.

Referring to Figs. l, 2, and 43, the rim consists of a bar l, to whichare rigidly secured two end pieces 2, thatmaybe riveted in place, asshown, or made integral, and the bar l has along its inner upper face arabbeted groove forming a ledge 3 for the teeth of the tongue to reston. The tongue t consists of a plate adapted to rest between the endpieces 2, to which it is pivotally connected by slender trunn ions 5,andis practically round and thick at the back and thence tapers to a thinedge, which is inwardly grooved at intervals, leaving conical points 6between'arranged to rest on the ledge 3. In the back of the tongue aretwo elongated openings or slots 7 for the purpose of securing one end ofthe belt. A single opening might be used, but the extreme length of thetongue would tend to render the rod that the belt is attached to tooweak under the necessary strain of the belt, so that it would bend.Hence it is divided into two openings and the belt cut so as to form twoends to be attached thereto.

This buckle is attached to one end of the belt, as just suggested, andin use the free end of the belt passed inside the rim, drawn tight, andthe tongue pressed down to engage it in the usual manner. In this latterprocess the peculiar shape of the points 6 are of advantage, as theybarely enter the canvas, but do not project through to any appreciableeX- tent, thus permitting the unclasping of the buckle when necessary.This is also more easily done by the device shown in Fig. 5, which inaddition to the belt 14 I secure to the end that passes around the loopof the tongue an additional piece 8 of the same material and pass itinto the buckle with the belt at the time of putting in tl'ne latter.

This additional piece does not interfere with 'the action of the belt,and when it is desired to release the latter it is done by drawing thefree end of the piece 8 outward, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5,thus lifting the tonguefrom engagement.

Instead of fastening one end of the belt permanently to the loop of thetongue my buckle may be varied slightly in construction, as illustratedin Fig. 4.. In this construction the tongue l0 is of the same geueralstructure as the one in Fig. l, except that it is double-that is, it haspoints at each edge-and it has two rims l1 12 pivotally secured to it,each having ledges for the teeth, as in the other form. By thisarrangement both free ends of the belt may be quickly and securelyunited from opposite directions by passing them into the rims on theirrespective IOO sides. To facilitate unclasping this belt, I secure toone side of the tongue a projecting plate 13, (indicated by dottedlines,) by Which the tongue may be rocked to release either end of thebelt. This plate may be applied with equal advantage to the form shownin Fig. 1, if desired.

In both forms the depth of the rabbeted groove will be adapted to thepeculiar necessities of the strap to be secured, and when the strap isheavy the groove should be deeper than when the material is lighter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. An improved buckle consisting of a rim the central portion of whichis substantially round in cross-section with oppositely-disposed sidearms to form bearings for the tonguepivots, said cent-ral portion havingan angular groove toward the pivot side to form a seat for the tongue,and a tongue pivoted between the side arms, with one edge arranged torest on the lower ledge of said groove, and preferably corrugated toform points in alinement with said tongue to engage the belt, and theother having a longitudinal slot, leaving at its free endv a rod towhich to secure one end of the belt, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination with a harvester-belt buckle having a rim, and amovable tongue to engage the belt, of a supplemental strap secured tosaid belt, having a free end. and passing therewith through said buckleto form a means for raising said tongue out of.

engagement with the belt when desired, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH S. SOUREK.

In presence of- C. E. HUMPHREY, C. P; HUMPHREY.

